Alexei Popyrin vs Novak Djokovic Prediction 8-30-24 Tennis Picks

Alexei Popyrin and Novak Djokovic meet Friday in the 2024 US Open Tennis third round. Here’s a Alexei Popyrin vs Novak Djokovic Prediction. This article will include a Alexei Popyrin vs Novak Djokovic Pick.

Alexei Popyrin Betting Preview

Alexei Popyrin is coming off a straight set win over Pedro Martinez that took 24 Games to decide. In the victory, Popyrin won 82 percent of his first serve points and 40 percent of his second serve points. Popyrin won 64 percent of his total service points and converted on 9 of his 16 break points. Popyrin got 57 percent of his first serves in play and hit 36 winners. Popyrin has won all 6 sets this tournament and has dropped a combined 4 Games in his last 2 sets. Fresh off a Canadian Open title, Popyrin is one of the hottest players on tour. Popyrin has a chance to make the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. Popyrin is 0-6 in career grand slam third round matches. Popyrin has 9 career wins over top-10 players, and 4 of those wins came this year. Popyrin has won 9 of his last 10 matches on hard court.

Novak Djokovic Betting Preview

Novak Djokovic is coming off a straight set win over Laslo Djere that took 22 Games to decide. In the victory, Djokovic won 79 percent of his first serve points and 49 percent of his second serve points. Djokovic won 63 percent of his total service points and converted on 4 of his 10 break points. Djokovic got 47 percent of his first serves in play and hit 18 winners. Djokovic played a little over 2 hours in the second round due to Djere retiring early in the third set. Djokovic has played less than four and a half hours of Tennis to get to this point. Djokovic looks to make the fourth round of the US Open for a 16th straight appearance. Djokovic hasn’t lost in the third round of a grand slam since 2016 Wimbledon. Djokovic has won 6 of his last 7 matches on hard court.

Alexei Popyrin vs Novak Djokovic H2H

Djokovic has won all three matches against Popyrin, including the most recent match this year in Wimbledon, which was decided in 4 sets. The other meetings were 2019 Tokyo (straight sets) and 2024 Australian Open (4 sets). 

Alexei Popyrin vs Novak Djokovic Prediction

Popyrin has a shot in this match considering his play over the last few weeks, which includes a Canadian title. Popyrin was also comPetitive against Djokovic in past meetings, and Novak better get his first serve in play at a higher percentage if he hopes to make a title push. With that said, experience and track record matters. Djokovic nearly never loses early in a grand slam, while Popyrin is 0-6 in grand slam third round matches. At some point, you have to show me something before I can put my money on you.

Give me Djokovic in 4 sets.